A Saint Paul woman who was shot in her own home just seven weeks earlier told police she woke up again to violence on October 18 — this time to a man she says entered her home without permission, grabbed a knife from her hands, and chased her into the street before fleeing with her car keys. Ramsey County prosecutors have charged Dominique Jermichael Davis, 39, with two counts of first-degree burglary in connection with the incident.
According to mn crime, the burglary counts include allegations that Davis assaulted a person inside the building and entered an occupied dwelling. Ramsey County 911 received a call from the home at about 3:15 a.m. that day, and dispatchers heard sounds of a struggle and a woman screaming before the line disconnected. A second caller separately reported seeing a woman being chased by a man, the outlet reported.
The victim told Saint Paul police that she and a man were asleep in her bedroom when she woke to use the bathroom and discovered Davis inside another bedroom in her home. She said she grabbed a knife to defend herself because she was terrified, but Davis took the knife from her and threw it, then grabbed and pushed her after she screamed, according to her account relayed in the charges.
Victim Says She Was Chased Into the Street
From there, the account grows more chaotic. Davis allegedly ran into the bedroom where the other man was sleeping and got into his face, touching off another struggle. That man told police Davis struck him in the face with an object, and officers who responded observed a significant laceration between his eyebrows; medics treated him at the scene and officers photographed the injury, per the charging details reported by mn crime…